solar in the rain.
Hi, Finally a day that is smoky and rainy. Output to the (hungry) battery bank is 3.3 amps at 1:00 p.m. local time on August 26, 2018. Panels are from 2005 (Unisolar) and are connected in series...
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ISTR PT said they are amorphous and so take up more roof space than polys would. 3.3 amps is fairly useless IMO, so with the batts hungry as he says, out comes the generator. Which again goes to show that solar is just a way to increase the time between generator recharges.
I made a nice fire and watched the stars. At 7600ft, it dropped down in the 20's that night and when we woke it ws 42f in the TC. We have been using the toaster every morning, the micro off and on and My DW uses her hairdryer after the daily shower plus the Feb sun is low in the sky and it is currently snowing so I have to make a confession. I had to run George the Generator for an hour before going to bed. Telescope peak seems to attract the clouds if there are any around meaning my panels were not replaceing the juice that we were using.This will be the only time that we had to use our genny.(Death Valley NP)
10 day trip to the Sunshine Coast over the July long weekend 2012 to canoe the Powell Forest canoe curcuit where it rained or was cloudy the whole time. Still waiting for our solar to let us down after 61/2 years of no generator time.
Dave
I made a nice fire and watched the stars. At 7600ft, it dropped down in the 20's that night and when we woke it ws 42f in the TC. We have been using the toaster every morning, the micro off and on and My DW uses her hairdryer after the daily shower plus the Feb sun is low in the sky and it is currently snowing so I have to make a confession. I had to run George the Generator for an hour before going to bed. Telescope peak seems to attract the clouds if there are any around meaning my panels were not replaceing the juice that we were using.This will be the only time that we had to use our genny.(Death Valley NP)
10 day trip to the Sunshine Coast over the July long weekend 2012 to canoe the Powell Forest canoe curcuit where it rained or was cloudy the whole time. Still waiting for our solar to let us down after 61/2 years of no generator time.
Dave
